{"id":540,"date":"2006-02-16T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=540"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:51:14","slug":"some-good-readings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/02\/16\/some-good-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"Some good readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paved.ca\/paved\/images\/token.jpg\" alt=\" \" align=\"right\"\/>A few tasty reads for you: here are three recent columns from Christopher Hume at the Star. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1139786107635&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=Columnist969907619189\">The first column<\/a> is about the public art at Toronto&#8217;s international airport. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1139007013911&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=Columnist969907619189Air\">In the second column<\/a> he writes about development in Uxbridge, a town of 18,000 just north of Toronto, where suburban sprawl is apparent, yet people can still walk almost everywhere. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1139871011616&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=Columnist969907619189\">The third column from Hume<\/a> is about the waterfront and how the condos and development along the lip of Lake Ontario represents the city&#8217;s last chance to build new downtown neighbourhoods that are intelligent, sustainable and mixed. <\/p>\n<p>Still on the waterfront, Air Canada&#8217;s Jazz has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20060216.AIRPORT16\/TPStory\/TPNational\/\">suspended operations<\/a> at Toronto&#8217;s island airport, adding another twist to this weird saga. Mayor Miller has sent a letter to the federal government asking that the Toronto Port Authority be investigated for it&#8217;s bizaare handling of the airport. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paved.ca\/paved\/2006\/02\/token_thoughts_.html\">Check out Paved.ca&#8217;s post<\/a> on the TTC fare hike and just-busted counterfit token ring &#8212; lots of external links for commentary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few tasty reads for you: here are three recent columns from Christopher Hume at the Star. The first column is about the public art at Toronto&#8217;s international airport. 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